Where the Fathers quote 1 Kings (LXX 1 Samuel) 1
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11Kgs 1:1
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1041A…ed Hus in Hebrew; and yet it must be known that this verse is not present in the Septuagint.” In the same way, in the Vulgate, Ramathain Sophim is written in 1 Reg. 1:1, but the Greeks express it, ex Armatha…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:39…e beginning God made the heaven and the earth. And the earth was invisible and uncomposed [Gen. 1.1-2]. And, There was a man from Armathaim Sipha [1 Kings 1.1]. These seem to them to be strong; and they are strong inde…
31Kgs 1:3
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1001B…ith his wives. "To sacrifice," he says, "to the Lord in Silo. Now there were," he says, "Heli there, and his two sons Ophni and Phinees, priests of the Lord." [I Reg. I, 3]. Silo is the name of the place in whic…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1055…lper." But Sabaōth is usually joined with the words Kyrios or Theos, so that it is called Kyrios Sabaōth, "Lord of hosts," or "God of hosts," 1 Kings i, 3: Καὶ θύειν τῷ Θεῷ Σαβαώθ "And to sacrifice to the God of…
51Kgs 1:5
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:639…did not write this at random, but that you might recognize the woman’s virtue. What therefore does he say? "Elkanah loved Hannah more than Peninnah" (I Reg. I, 5). Then, when he saw her not eating, but weeping, he said: "…
61Kgs 1:6
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:637C…eing all these things, endured it, and He says, "The Lord had not given her a child according to her affliction, and according to the despondency of her soul" (1 Reg. 1:6). What is "according to her affliction"…
71Kgs 1:7
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:637D…ant as a result of this. Hear also what follows. "And so she did," he says, "year by year from the sufficient time, when she went up to the house of the Lord" (1 Reg. 1:7). "And she was despondent, and wept, an…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:643…and exciting many waves, not for two or three days, or twenty days, but for whole years (for this, as the Scripture says, was done over a long time [1 Kings 1, 7]), she bravely endured the tempest, and did not suffer…
81Kgs 1:8
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:317…declares himself king upon learning this david sends nathan the prophet and zadok the priest and benaiah the son of jehoiada and gives them instructions and they anoint solomon as king while david is still alive…
91Kgs 1:9
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1637…ἡμῖν σημαινόμενον εὐχῆς ἐν τοῖς περὶ τῆς Ἄννης λεγομένοις ἐν τῇ πρώτη τῶν Βασιλειῶν, is clearly the same as τὸ κοινὸν τῆς προσευχῆς. For εὐχή in 1 Kings 1, 9, clearly signifies a vow in the sense common to us, which c…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:649…ce is this clear? From the very things said above. "Anna rose," it says, "after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk, and stood before the Lord" (1 Reg. 1.9). Do you see? The time which everyone m…
101Kgs 1:10
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:639…ever, her very words and that beautiful supplication. Weeping, he says, she wept, and vowed a vow to the Lord, saying: "Adonai Lord Eloi Sabaoth" (I Reg. I, 10, 11). Tremendous words, and full of horror; and the writer…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:91D…What saying? "Lord, do not lay this sin to their charge" (Acts VII, 60). Invoke Him as the wife of Elkanah invoked Him, with tears, with weeping, with prayer (I Reg. I, 10). I do not hinder it, but I strongly ex…
111Kgs 1:11
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1039…t “Eloim,” as it was before. For although one of the ten names of God which St. Jerome provides, Epist. 136, is אלהים “Elohim,” nevertheless at 1 Kings I, 11, it is written Ἀδωναΐ Κύριος Ἐλωΐ Σαβαώθ, not Ἐλωΐμ. Col…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:639…of the supplicatory petition was such; but what are the things that follow? "If," she says, "looking you look upon the humiliation of your handmaid" (I Reg. I, 11). She had not yet received anything, and she took the prolo…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:645C…hild, I will offer him as a gift in your sight, unto the day of his death. Wine and what is drunk he shall not drink, and iron shall not ascend upon his head" (1 Reg. 1. 11). What is this multitude of words? What…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:583…ll give him before You as a gift, until the day of his death; and wine and strong drink he shall not drink, and iron shall not come up upon his head (1 Kings 1:11). What a great multitude of words this is! Yet, neverth…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1763A…Anna, being troubled in Shiloh, was weeping. And she prayed to the Lord, saying: "If looking You will look upon my humiliation, and give me the seed of a man" (I Reg. i, 11). And the Lord heard her, and gave her…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:305B…ed the begetting of children is a good; and for this childlessness I am seized by complete despondency, if I am not to mention the others from the neighbor- 1 1 Reg. 1, 11.…
121Kgs 1:12
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:645…perform the prayer with much attention. Which this woman did; for while she did not perform a long service, she came to God with frequent and repeated prayers (1 Reg. 1. 12, 13). Then after the priest closed it—f…
131Kgs 1:13
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:667…f intense vociferation, but on account of the internal outcry of her heart. For the Scripture says, Her voice was not heard, and the Lord heard her (1 Kings 1:13, 19). Many others have often done this; and when the magis…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:63B…speaks of the internal voice. Thus also Anna cried out. And he did not say simply and absolutely, Attend to the voice of my prayer, but, Of my supplication (I Reg. I, 13). For it is necessary for him who prays…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:709…heard in the Book of Kings of Anna praying, who bore the figure of the Church, of whom it is said: Her lips were moving, but her voice was not heard (1 Kings 1:13). And your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:899…red to the eyes of God alone. Such certainly were the tears of Anna at one time, of whom it is said: Her lips were moved, but her voice was not heard (1 Kings 1:13). But those tears alone will send forth to the Lord a voice…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:1037D…hich are offered to the eyes of God alone. Such certainly were the tears of Anna of old, of whom it is said: "Her lips moved, but her voice was not heard" (1 Reg. 1, 13). And her tears alone sent forth a voic…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:335…swear to your maidservant by the lord god saying that solomon your son shall reign after me and he shall sit upon my throne for adonijah has seized the kingdom and while you are still speaking…
141Kgs 1:14
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:645D…as the clamor of that woman. And Heli the priest said to her: "How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine from you, and depart from the sight of the Lord" (1 Reg. 1. 14). This is the point of this woman's phi…
John of Nicaea fl. 9th c.PG 96:1457A…urd that the same thing happened when the Mother of God was concerned? If that ancient Anna obtained her hoped-for fertility through prayers poured out to God (I Reg. i, 14 ff.), why will it be deemed absurd rega…
151Kgs 1:15
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:651…philosophy and gentleness. For when she said, "No, sir," she added, "I am a woman in a hard day, and I have not drunk wine or any intoxicating thing" (1 Kings 1:15). Observe how she does not here mention the insults of her…
161Kgs 1:16
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:75…one and your son is the dead one and they spoke before the king and the king said to them you say this is my son who is living and the son of this woman is…
Diodore of Tarsus d. c. 394PG 33:1591A…ditation here signifies prayer, as also in the first book of Kings, where Anna says: "From the abundance of my meditation have I poured out my soul until now" (1 Reg. 1, 16); for she says this concerning her pray…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:651…ayer, I have told God of my calamity, I have shown him the wound; He can provide the remedy. "Do not count your handmaid as a daughter of pestilence" (1 Kings 1:16). Again she calls herself a handmaid, taking great care les…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:583…e says to him: Do not treat your handmaid as a daughter of a pestilence, for from the multitude of my meditation I have extended my words until now (1 Kings 1:16). This is truly of a contrite heart, when we are not offend…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:487…lord says to me that i will speak and micaiah came to the king and the king said to him micaiah shall i go up to ramoth gilead into battle or shall i refrain and he…
171Kgs 1:17
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:651…xactly the cause of her anguish; but what does he say? "Go in peace; may the Lord God of Israel grant you every petition which you have asked of him" (1 Kings 1:17). How good a thing is humanity and gentleness. For an insul…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:943A…eep. Scholion 3. God judges and estimates our works according to the standard of our purpose: The Lord, he says, grant thee according to thy heart ⟦in margin: 1 Reg. 1, 17⟧. Scholion 4. We are commanded to…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:335…swear to your maidservant by the lord god saying that solomon your son shall reign after me and he shall sit upon my throne for adonijah has seized the kingdom and while you are still speaking…
201Kgs 1:20
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1321…a riddle yet in the other regeneration when the son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory b everyone who has attained to that regeneration which is in christ is most pure from…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:241…it that you have not signified to your servant who is to sit on the throne of my lord the king c absalom the son of david having acted outrageously against his own father while seated…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:253…hast thou not made known to thy servant who shall sit upon the throne of my lord the king xvi xvii solomon when he had built the house of the lord b c d…
221Kgs 1:22
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:655…ot ascend until the boy ascends with me; but when I have weaned him, he shall be offered in the sight of the Lord, and he shall remain there forever" (1 Reg. I, 22). Do you see? She did not think it safe to ascend to the te…
231Kgs 1:23
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:653…ay be delivered from evil, and what one needs when released from sickness, and how she was given to God. And she offered, it says, and gave suck to Samuel (1 Reg. 1:23). With what piety she educated the chi…
241Kgs 1:24
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:335…to your maidservant by the lord god saying that solomon your son shall reign after me and he shall sit upon my throne for adonijah has seized the kingdom and while you are still speaking with…
251Kgs 1:25
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:655…ted him; let us follow the woman, let us enter the temple together with her. "She ascended," it says, "with him into Shiloh in a three-year-old calf" (1 Reg. I, 25). The sacrifice now becomes double; and that calf was irrat…
261Kgs 1:26
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:317…knowledge declares himself king upon learning this david sends nathan the prophet and zadok the priest and benaiah the son of jehoiada and gives them instructions and they anoint solomon as king while david is still…
271Kgs 1:27
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:241…it that you have not signified to your servant who is to sit on the throne of my lord the king c absalom the son of david having acted outrageously against his own father while seated…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:253…hast thou not made known to thy servant who shall sit upon the throne of my lord the king xvi xvii solomon when he had built the house of the lord b c d…
281Kgs 1:28
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:247…at we have professed. And he beautifully said, Pay. For after a promise the thing becomes a debt. Thus Anna handed over her son, as the greatest debt (1 Kings 1:28). You, therefore, whether you promise alms, or a chaste lif…
301Kgs 1:30
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:335…swear to your maidservant by the lord god saying that solomon your son shall reign after me and he shall sit upon my throne for adonijah has seized the kingdom and while you are still speaking…
311Kgs 1:31
Methodius Patriarch of Constantinople c. 788-847PG 100:1275…communicating with quintianus about herself and therefore being very prepared she fell with her face to the earth and with hatred against the persecutor and against sin itself also with a burning desire of love toward…
321Kgs 1:32
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:981…a type of the age of christ according to the flesh saying call me zadok the priest and nathan the prophet and benaiah the son of jehoiada and they entered before the king and the king…
331Kgs 1:33
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:981…servants of your lord with you set my son solomon upon my mule and bring him down to gihon and anoint him king in jerusalem and they did as the king commanded them and solomon returned…
381Kgs 1:38
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:981…age of christ according to the flesh saying call me zadok the priest and nathan the prophet and benaiah the son of jehoiada and they entered before the king and the king said take the servants…
411Kgs 1:41
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:515…noted in the twenty third psalm ps xxiii by jubilation and by the sound of the trumpet he understands the voices of the angels preceding him at that time jubilation because of those words then brought…
441Kgs 1:44
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:981…age of christ according to the flesh saying call me zadok the priest and nathan the prophet and benaiah the son of jehoiada and they entered before the king and the king said take the servants…